I was contemplating a post on the House Select Committee on Intelligence’s extremely odd report, Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States, which Dafna Linzer reports was written by Fred Fleitz Yes, that Fred Fleitz. Anyway, Gary Sick has distributed a for atttribution commentary to the Gulf/2000 listserv that …
Special Fissionable Materials
by | 2006-08-25 | 4 Comments
Only very rarely do I receive e-mail that makes me say: “Wow, that is an obscure question.” Eric Hundman from CDI e-mailed me to ask whether the term “special fissionable materials”—which appears in the NPT—had a specific definition. I dimly recalled something about the Zangger Committee, the 1970s, pet rocks and bell bottoms. I pointed …
Iran Ear Candy
by | 2006-08-24 | No Comments
For your information/listening pleasure: George Perkovich, Barbara Slavin, and Ray Takeyh shared their expertise on NPR the other day. Also, check out this podcast on Carah Ong’s blog of Trita Parsi and Jim Walsh talking to reporters. Carry on.
Cratology
by | 2006-08-23 | 5 Comments
The study of the size and function of shipping crates seen on photographs (from various sources). The size and configuration of a shipping crate often will indicate what is inside. Center for the Study of Intelligence, Glossary of Abbreviations John Diamond in USA Today has a great story on “cratology”—the art of determining the contents …
